2021 BWF World Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles at the 2021 BWF World Championships
Venue	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín
Location	Huelva, Spain
Dates	12–19 December
Medalists
Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan   China   Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan   South Korea   Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara   Japan   Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong   South Korea

The women's doubles tournament of the 2021 BWF World Championships took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at the Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín at Huelva.

Seeds

See also: 2021 BWF World Championships qualification § Women's doubles

The seeding list is based on the World Rankings of 23 November 2021.

1. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (champions)
2. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (final)
3. Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (semi-finals)
4. Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (semi-finals)
5. Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (withdrew)
6. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (quarter-finals)
7. Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (quarter-finals)
8. Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (quarter-finals)

9. Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith (third round)
10. Li Wenmei / Zheng Yu (third round)
11. Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen (third round)
12. Puttita Supajirakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (third round)
13. Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (second round)
14. Liu Xuanxuan / Xia Yuting (second round)
15. Rachel Honderich / Kristen Tsai (third round)
16. Amalie Magelund / Freja Ravn (second round)

Draw

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21	21
	4	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	15	12
								1	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21	21
								2	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	16	17
	3	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	18	17
	2	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarter-finals
								1	Chen QC Jia YF	21	21
									I Castillo P la Torre Regal	11	4
															1	Chen QC Jia YF	21	21
															15	R Honderich K Tsai	11	17
								15	R Honderich K Tsai	21	21
									A Tirtosentono I van der Aar	12	5
		P Dandu S Santosh	12r
		A Tirtosentono I van der Aar	21
																						1	Chen QC Jia YF	21	21
																						7	N Matsuyama C Shida	13	17
								7	N Matsuyama C Shida	21	21
									C Azurmendi B Corrales	9	13
		S F S Ramadhanti R Sugiarto
		C Azurmendi B Corrales	w	/	o
															7	N Matsuyama C Shida	21	21
															12	P Supajirakul S Taerattanachai	15	15
								12	P Supajirakul S Taerattanachai	21	21
									A Akchurina O Morozova	4	9
		L Efler I Lohau	21	14	12
		A Akchurina O Morozova	19	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarter-finals
								4	M Matsumoto W Nagahara	21	21
									C Busch A Schulz	12	7
		J Magnusson C Nistad	20	17
		C Busch A Schulz	22	21
															4	M Matsumoto W Nagahara	21	21
																Ng W Y Yeung N T	14	14
								16	A Magelund F Ravn	16	18
									Ng W Y Yeung N T	21	21
		K-K Marran H Rüütel	9	13
		Ng W Y Yeung N T	21	21
																						4	M Matsumoto W Nagahara	21	21
																						8	G Stoeva S Stoeva	15	17
								8	G Stoeva S Stoeva	21	21
									B Erçetin N İnci	12	14
		A F. Gonçalves S Gonçalves	9	10
		B Erçetin N İnci	21	21
															8	G Stoeva S Stoeva	21	21
															9	C Birch L Smith	10	9
								9	C Birch L Smith	21	21
									J Lima S Lima	12	14
		K. Maneesha R Panda
		J Lima S Lima	w	/	o

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarter-finals
		B Aimsaard N Aimsaard	21	21
		S Au Yeong K Hochmeir	11	8					B Aimsaard N Aimsaard	9	14
								10	Li WM Zheng Y	21	21
															10	Li WM Zheng Y	12	21	18
		V Kozyreva M Sukhova	7	11												R Iwanaga K Nakanishi	21	17	21
		R Iwanaga K Nakanishi	21	21					R Iwanaga K Nakanishi	w	/	o
								5	G Polii A Rahayu
																							R Iwanaga K Nakanishi	8	18
		Teoh M X Yap L	18	17																		3	Kim S-y Kong H-y	21	21
		A Bøje M Poulsen	21	21					A Bøje M Poulsen	21	20	12
								11	M Fruergaard S Thygesen	18	22	21
															11	M Fruergaard S Thygesen	13	19
		K Frost M Ryan	22	12											3	Kim S-y Kong H-y	21	21
		A Müller J Stadelmann	24	21					A Müller J Stadelmann	11	10
								3	Kim S-y Kong H-y	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarter-finals
		A Ponnappa N. S Reddy	w	/	o
		D Delrue L Palermo							A Ponnappa N. S Reddy	21	9	21
								14	Liu XX Xia YT	11	21	13
																A Ponnappa N. S Reddy	13	15
		A N Abdul Razzaq F N Abdul Razzaq													6	J Kititharakul R Prajongjai	21	21
		E Malkova A Davletova	w	/	o				E Malkova A Davletova	16	21	17
								6	J Kititharakul R Prajongjai	21	13	21
																						6	J Kititharakul R Prajongjai	21	18	18
		Ng T Y Yuen S Y	21	20	21																	2	Lee S-h Shin S-c	19	21	21
		J MacPherson C Torrance	15	22	12				Ng T Y Yuen S Y	10	21	21
								13	P Tan Thinaah M	21	12	11
																Ng T Y Yuen S Y	17	18
		C Hoshi A Matsuda	21	21											2	Lee S-h Shin S-c	21	21
		A Prozorova V Rudakova	7	8					C Hoshi A Matsuda	12	13
								2	Lee S-h Shin S-c	21	21